Freecycled Comic Print Fabric Creations and Link Up

Friday, July 19, 2013

The Freecycle concept began in Tucson, Arizona in 2003. The idea being to save perfectly good items from being thrown away, by sharing within the local community. The concept has now spread to over 85 countries, in which thousands of communities share their unwanted goods with each other.

I belong to my local Freecycle community, and have signed up to receive email notifications whenever others put out messages advising of their unwanted goods. Occasionally, something pretty exciting comes up but when it does, I have to be quick!

An email popped into my inbox; a lady within a 10km radius giving away jersey fabric for sewing that she no longer wanted, and within that batch, some comic printed material. I got onto this one quick smart, and collected the following day:

:: Freecycled Comic Fabric ::

The lady giving away this fabric had intentions to make it into PJ's for her children, but didn't get around to it; her children are now much older. Being that the fabric has stretch, it could be made into a casual t-shirt or similar.

My first project started with a baby onesie for our new family addition:

After sharing a photograph of the above on instagram, Julie mentioned that she'd love a dress in this fabric, which inspired me to make something for myself.

It is no secret that I've been obsessing over printed leggings, dedicating a previous blog post inspired to make a pair. I've bitten the bullet, following Crafty Gemini's excellent YouTube instructional video How To Make Leggings - DIY Tutorial(using an existing pair of leggings as a template), and made some comic book leggings for myself.